Professor Ian Constable AO

Professor Ian Constable AO

“appointed as Clinical Retinal Fellow at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and a Lecturer at Harvard University.”

Biography

Professor Ian Constable AO trained in ophthalmology in New South Wales before being appointed as Clinical Retinal Fellow at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and a Lecturer at Harvard University. He is a consultant retinal surgeon at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner and Perth Children’s Hospital and was Managing Director at LEI from 1983 to February 2009.

Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
RANZCO
Association for Research in Viscom and Ophthalmology
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Vitreoretinal Society
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
International Counsel of Ophthalmology, 2000 – 2006
Chairman, Western Australian State Science Council 2000 - 2007

Professor Constable was a fundamental contributor to changing the practice of ophthalmology in Western Australia.
With his focus on specialisation, many patients were able to receive high standard treatment locally rather than travelling east for more complex eye disease.
He built Perth’s reputation as a place to study. The clinic began to attract talented young post-graduate students from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, New Zealand and a number of Asian countries and many of them stayed in Perth following their training.
He enabled a rapid escalation of laboratory-based research, so that by the early 1980s ophthalmology had become the largest research consortium in UWA surgery and in Australian Ophthalmology.
He has contributed extensively to the development of quality eye care throughout Asia over 38 years.